Etymology
Origin of gray-headed
First recorded in 1525–35
Example Sentences
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Every night, gray-headed flying fox bats fill the skies above Melbourne, Australia.
From New York Times
Every evening, tens of thousands of gray-headed flying foxes fan across the sky above Melbourne, Australia.
From New York Times
They might relate more to those scientists than an old gray-headed lady like me.
From Science Magazine
Stepanian is also now using radar to study the migration patterns of Australian bats, specifically gray-headed flying foxes—one of the largest types of bat in the world, with wingspans that can reach three feet.
From The New Yorker
It was the regulars like Queeg, “standing guard on this fat, dumb and happy country of ours”, who saved Greenwald’s mother, a “little gray-headed Jewish lady”, from being melted down into a bar of soap.
From The Guardian
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